I love the name Kaden for a boy. I would prefer the K spelling over the C because it looks more masculine. I read somewhere that Kaden was Arabic meaning friend or companion.

-- Anonymous User 4/26/2006

Kaden is my 8-year-old brother's name. It suits him perfectly, it's such a cute name! Kaden's middle name is Matthew (has a nice flow doesn't it?) Kaden is a fairly poplaur name where we live. There are 2 other Kadens in his school.

I first heard this name three years ago, when some people I know gave it to their son. I thought it was a new and rare name, but then I learned that not only are there older people with this name, but Kaden and all the rhyming names have recently exploded in popularity.

-- Anonymous User 8/10/2006

I'm a writer and when I create characters I love finding names that aren't too common and when I stumbled upon this name I found that I LOVED it. =) Kaden just has a certain ring to it :]

There is one reason why I’m not fond over this name. One nickname for Kaden might be Kady. Kady would be WAY to cutesie for a boy and it's primarily just a girls name! Overall it’s not a bad name. But parents call your son Kaden or Kade. Please don’t ever call him Kady!

-- Anonymous User 2/20/2007

Kaden, spelled with the letter "K", comes from the Arabic name Khaden/Khadin. Since Arabic uses a completely different alaphabet than English, this spelling is one of the American variant translations of the original Arabic name. It is important to note, however, that the spelling Caden would be incorrect and would not be considered an Arabic name. The Arabic alphabet does not have a letter C so there are no Arabic names beginning with that letter.

The whole '-aden' is indeed overused, but I seriously love this name. A handsome man with messy, short black hair and green eyes comes to mind when I think of this name. Don't ask why, my imagination's pretty weird.

This is NOT an Arabic name, and is popular in the U.S. ONLY for its sound. It rhymes with all the other -aden names: Ayden, Kaden, Brayden, Hayden, Tayden, Layden, Fayden, Grayden, Zaiden, Traiden, Bayden, Jaden, Nayden, Rayden, Payden, and so on and so forth.

This made-up name looks and sounds absolutely awful. I was never a fan of the whole -aden trend for boys. I cringed when someone on a mailing list I was on, some years back, proudly announced this name for his new baby. He said he and his wife belatedly discovered how common it was, but they still liked it. This name completely lacks class, grace, dignity, maturity, professionalism, and any grounding in etymology. At least other made-up names that don't have old origins are based in sound etymology, not made by sticking a random letter or syllable onto a trendy suffix.

I'm very disturbed at some of the comments on here. It's one thing to have a strong opinion about a name, but it seems rather rude to say things like the following:"Ignorant and trashy parents choose this name." "Another icky white trash name. Bleh." "This made-up name looks and sounds absolutely awful."

My 11-year-old son is named Kaden. I assure you, no one would ever accuse our family of being ignorant or white trash. Ever. In retrospect, I don't think I'd choose the name again, but it's not because it is "white trash" or "sounds awful." It's simply because of how popular it ended up being (we truly had no idea it would be so trendy, otherwise we would not have chosen the name) and the fact that it's also become a girls' name.

We've run across other boys named Kaden (or Caden, or any of the other spellings) and none of them have had the nickname Kady/Cady. When he was little, we sometimes called my son Kaders, but that nickname quickly dropped off and now everyone calls him Kaden.

We just got a shepherd puppy. We like to give our rescue animals unique names but names with meaning. We read that Kaden meant "little warrior". He truly earns his name every day. He's playful, adventurous, and full of energy. He definitely fits his name.